Improvement in horse-power



`V To all whom it may concern RBRT QUINN, OF WHITEEIELD, iMISSISSIPPI.v

Laim Patent m1105324, ama .my 2c, 1870.

1MPRcvrnnznv'r4 IN BORSE-POWER.,

The Schedule referred co in these Letten Patent and making part of the same.

\ Be it known'that `I, ROBERT QUrNN, of Whitefield, in the county of Oktibbeha and State of Mississippi, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Horse-Power; andI do hereby declare that the s following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,

which will -enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specieation.

Figure'l is a vertical section of myimproved horsepower, taken through theline :1J-x, fig. 2.

. Figure 2 is a horizontal section of the same, taken through the line y-y, fig. 1.

lSimilar' letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.y M `invention has foritsobject to furnish an improved horse-power, which shall be so` constructed and arranged as to remove the; necessity of building the uhouses'for cotton-gips, mills,and other machinery driven byhorse-power, two stories high, -whileV at the same-timeprotecting vthe horse-power, machinery to be driven, and material to be operated upon, from the dust; and

It consists in the combination of the horse-power with the frame andl roof of the building, as hereinafter more fully described. Y

A represents the frame, and B the roof of the house or building in whicht'hehorse-power and cotton-gin or other machinery to be driven' are placed.

' O is the vertical driving-shaft, the lower end of which revolves in av step, D, secured to `the foundation frame, or other suitable support, in the ordinary manner. The upper end of the shaft C `passes up through the roofgB, and revolves in bearings formedV iu or attached tothe beams'of the frame A.

To the lower part of the shaft O is attacbeda large gear-wheel, E, the' teeth of which mesh into' the teeth of thesmall gear-wheel F, attached to-the end of the sliort shaft G, which revolves in bearings attached tov s the frame A, or to other suitable supports.

. lo the `shaft G is attached another large gear-wheel,

H, the teeth o f which mesh into the teeth of the small gear-wheel I,`attached to the shaft J, which revolves in bearings inthe frame A, or other suitable supports.- '.lo the 'shaft J is attached the wheel `or pulley K, around which passes the band by which the cottongin or other machinery is driven, and which isV made heavy, to serve, at the same time, as a pulley and flywheel. l

To the upper end of the shaft C, above the roof B,

is attached a crossbar or driver, L, the ends ofwhich are notched, to receive the sweeps or levers M, or are otherwise formed or attached to said levers or sweeps.

The sweeps or levers M are attached to the cross- "bar or driver L inl an inclined position, as shown in iig. 1, so that their upper ends may meet at an angle,

as shown, and so that their outer ends may project downwardinto such a position that the horses may be conveniently att-ached to them, while at the same time they will clear the roof of tlie house or building when operating.

By this construction and arrangement of the horsepower, the horses walk outside of and around the building, thus keeping the dust, raised by said horses, en-

tirely away from the machinery, while at the same time leaving the interior of the building free for the machinery and material, and greatly lesseing the space required for the work to be done. .l

Having thus described my` invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the vertical shaft C, long sweep or s weeps M, and cross-bar or driver L, with the operating mechanism of a horse-power, and with the roof and` frame ofthe building, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

ROBERT QUINN.v

Witnessesz .IL FONDERIN, .JAMES H. EDWARDS. 

